Obituaries
Martha Frances Paul (Kline)
May 25, 2019
Martha Frances Paul, 83, of Independence, MO, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2019. A memorial visitation will be held from 1-2pm on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington, Independence, MO 64050. Memorial service to follow at 2pm, also at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Following cremation, inurnment will occur at New Salem Cemetery; no date currently planned. Martha was...
Shelley Christine Anderson (Groe)
May 25, 2019
Shelley Christine Anderson, 54, of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, May 25, 2019. A memorial visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 from 6-8pm at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO 64055. A memorial service will be on Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 3pm, also at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Shelley was born to Royden and...
Larry Van Rader
May 24, 2019
Larry Rader, 69, of Oak Grove, MO passed away May 24, 2019. At Larry’s request cremation has taken place and inurnment will be at a later date in Missouri State Veteran’s Cemetery. Larry was born on October 1, 1949 in DeKalb, IL to LV and Rose (Collins) Rader. After high school Larry attended Devry for a year before being drafted...
Fred & Betty Stewart
May 24, 2019
Fred Stewart, 84, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019. Betty (Frye) Stewart, 78, passed away about 6 ½ hours later Friday, May 24, 2019. They were both from Independence. A private burial will take place at Mound Grove Cemetery. A celebration of their love will be held at 5pm on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Heart of God, 3720 N....
Roy August Hill
May 22, 2019
Roy August Hill, 94, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2019. A memorial visitation will take place, Wednesday, May 29th from 5-7:00pm at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Roy was born August 21, 1924 in Leavenworth, KS to Roy F. and Eva (Schimdt) Hill. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy during WWII...
Patricia Elaine "Pat" Keithley (Thomsen)
May 21, 2019
Patricia “Pat” Keithley, 79, of Independence, MO went to meet her Heavenly Father on May 21, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be 1-3pm Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Funeral services will follow at 3pm at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Burial will take place in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Pat was born on December 5, 1939 in White Church, Kansas...
Teddy Gene Bryant
May 21, 2019
TEDDY GENE BRYANT Teddy Gene Bryant, 65 of Independence, MO, passed away May 21, 2019. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Sunday, May 26th 10:00 am at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington, Ave., Independence, MO 64052. Graveside service will be held at the Younger Cemetery in Stockton, Missouri (Cedar County) in June. Teddy Gene Bryant was the second...
Connie Lee Martin
May 20, 2019
Connie Martin, 69, of Independence, MO passed away May 20, 2019. Visitation will be from 6-8pm Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Graveside services will be 10am Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Connie was born on January 28, 1950 in Kansas City, MO to Harold and Ella (Steele) Martin. For the past 10 years she has...
Robert Lee "Bobby" Ginnings Ii
May 19, 2019
Robert “Bobby” Ginnings II 56 of Independence, MO passed away May 19, 2019. Memorial services will be 2pm Saturday, June 8, 2019 at the Iron Workers Training Center, 105 W 12th Ave. KCMO 64116.
Kermit "Rex" Peters
May 19, 2019
Kermit “Rex” Peters, 87, Blue Springs, MO passed away May 19, 2019 after a long illness. No services are planned. Rex was retired from the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City and volunteered at the Chicago Alton Train Depot for many years. He was preceded in death by daughter Jan. He is survived by his wife of sixty-seven years Joyce...
Margaret Evelyn Price (Brandon)
May 19, 2019
Margaret E. Price, 85, passed away at her home in Independence, MO on May 19, 2019. Visitation will be Wednesday May 29 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Funeral services will be Thursday May 30 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Home Cemetery in Tarkio, MO. Margaret was born March...
Barbara J. Thacker
May 19, 2019
Barbara Thacker, 66, of Independence, MO passed away May 19, 2019. A visitation will be held from 1-2:00 p.m. followed by a 2:00 p.m. service on Thursday, May 23, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel. Burial at Elmwood Cemetery. Barbara was born December 20, 1952 in Kansas City, MO to Clyde Lee and Margaret Catherine (Barry) Burns. She was preceded in...
Adam Burke Singleton
May 18, 2019
Adam Singleton, 49, of Blue Springs, MO passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019 at his home. A visitation will be from 6-8pm on Friday, May 24, 2019 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St, Independence, MO, 64055. A memorial service will be held at 10am on Saturday, May 25th at the chapel. Adam was born On September 12, 1969...
Joan Fenner
May 18, 2019
Joan Fenner, 86, of Independence, MO, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019. Visitation will be on Saturday, June 1, 2019 from 10-11:00am with a service following at 11:00am, both at the Chapel at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Independence, MO, 3736 S Lee's Summit Rd, Independence, MO 64055. The burial will follow at Floral Hills Cemetery. Joan was bom to...
Helen Louise Riner (Justus)
May 17, 2019
Helen Louise Riner, 88, Buckner, MO passed away at her home on May 17, 2019. Services will be held at 10 am, Thursday, May 23 at the Heart of God in Sibley, MO; interment at Buckner Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 pm, Wed. at Speaks Buckner Chapel, 300 Adams, Buckner, MO 64016. The family requests contributions to Heart...
Robert Vernon Raynes
May 17, 2019
Robert Vernon Raynes, 87, died on May 17, 2019. Visitation will be held on Monday, May 20, 2019 from 1-2pm. Funeral service will begin at 2pm, both at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W Lexington, Independence, MO 64052. Burial to follow at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Robert was born on July 12, 1931 in Kingsville, MO to Edward Raynes and Rosetta Billingsley Raynes....
Gayle Delores Foster (Brunson)
May 17, 2019
Gayle Delores (Brunson) Foster, 88, Kansas City, MO passed away May 17, 2019. Memorial services will begin at 12 noon, Saturday, June 22 at Church of the Good Shepherd, 4947 N.E. Chouteau Drive, Kansas City, MO 64119; private inurnment will follow. Visitation will begin at 11:00 am before the service at church. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions...
Bill Walker
May 16, 2019
Bill Walker, 79, of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019. A memorial visitation will be from 6-8pm on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at Speaks Suburban Chapel 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO, 64055. He will be inurned at 11am on Friday, May 24th at Mound Grove Cemetery. Bill was born on November 6, 1939 in Independence, MO to...
Ronda Renee Middleton (Ellison)
May 16, 2019
Ronda Middleton, 49, of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at a later date. Ronda was born on February 1, 1970 in Independence, MO to Steven Ellison and Janet Smith. She is survived by her father Steve Ellison and his wife Carolyn; sister Janet Arlen; and two grandchildren...
Wanda Lee Mitchell (Elliott)
May 15, 2019
Wanda Lee Mitchell, 88, of Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2019. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, July 14, 2019 from 12pm-3pm at Weatherby Lake Community Center, 8230 NW Potomac Ave, Kansas City, MO 64152. Wanda was one of three children born to Reuben and Edith (Keller) Elliott on March 23, 1931 in Kansas City,...
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